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Originals and photocopies of documents handled and logged by the NSC Secretariat and designated for filing in the Institutional File (IF) or the NSC File (NS). Because the IF and NS files were part of the permanent institutional files retained by the NSC at the end of the administration, the Secretariat routinely photocopied these documents for inclusion in the President's papers. Years later the NSC turned over some originals of IF and NS documents to the Library. Each series is arranged by NSC document …
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The Presidential Country Files for Europe and Canada is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files.The Presidential Country Files described here concern U.S. relations with European countries and Canada, and address regional issues as well as issues specific to individual countries. Materials in the first several folders concern Europe in general, while the…
Memoranda of the National Security Adviser and National Security Council staff, cable traffic between the State Department and U.S. embassies, and comparable material concerning U.S. relations with European countries and Canada. Arranged by name of country, with separate sequences for NSC documents and State Department telegrams. A few folders in the first box concern broader groupings of countries within the context of Europe. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword …
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The Presidential Transition File is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files.On August 7, 1974, after having been informed by Alexander Haig that Richard Nixon's decision to resign the office of the presidency was near, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger began preparing for the transition from the Nixon to Ford administrations. While maintaining a normal…
Primarily messages notifying world leaders of the Nixon-Ford presidential transition, but also talking points for President Ford's first meetings with foreign ambassadors as well as substantive State Department briefing papers summarizing US foreign policy on the eve of the Ford administration. Topics include US-USSR relations, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, food, nuclear weapons, and oil. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series …
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The NSC Vietnam Information Group: Intelligence and Other Reports is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files.The Vietnam Information Group consisted of NSC staff members responsible for monitoring cable traffic from other agencies reporting on events in South and North Vietnam. It appears that the staff began receiving these cables during the latter part of…
Primarily Department of State cables and CIA intelligence information cables concerning South and North Vietnam. Topics include the Vietnam War, U.S.-South Vietnam relations, South Vietnam's political climate, opposition groups, religious sects, ethnic groups, labor unions, corruption, press censorship, the North Vietnam's military and economy, peace negotiations, and events in Cambodia and Laos. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series …
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The NSC Meetings File is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The provenance and nature of the National Security Adviser Files as a whole are described in Appendix A. The National Security Council was created in 1947 in response to the increased complexity of national security issues in the post-World War II period and the necessity for…
Agendas, briefing papers, and minutes for most of the thirty-nine National Security Council meetings held during the Ford Administration. Agendas for the meetings were prepared by the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Meeting minutes were prepared by the NSC staff person who had staff responsibility for the major issue under discussion. Topics include arms control, US military readiness, the Middle East, Angola, Vietnam, the Mayaguez, the Panama Canal, and investigations of the …
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Patrick E. O'Donnell joined the Congressional Relations Office in August 1973, during the Nixon administration. He held the position of special assistant for legislative affairs (Senate) until resigning in February 1976, and Joseph S. Jenckes succeeded him. Both men served directly under the deputy assistant for legislative affairs (Senate), Tom C. Korologos through 1974 and then…
Special Assistants for Legislative Affairs (Senate), Congressional Relations Office The collection documents White House contacts with senators and their staffs regarding pending legislation, personnel appointments and routine requests and courtesies. A few foreign and many domestic policy issues are represented, for example energy bills and the Freedom of Information Act. The majority of files spans 1974-75, with some earlier material such as summary records of senatorial support on key votes, 1969-75. …
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Soon after suffering severe losses in the 1964 elections, Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives began discussing organizational and leadership changes. As a political scientist specializing in the study of Congress, Professor Robert Peabody of Johns Hopkins University became interested in studying these potential changes.Beginning in late December 1964, Peabody conducted…
Professor of Political Science Notes and background materials on interviews with Republican members of the U. S. House of Representatives concerning the selection of party leaders in 1965 and the subsequent performance of the leadership team during the 89th Congress. Most interviews focus on the contest for Minority Leader between Charles Halleck and Gerald Ford. Others concern Melvin Laird's election as Chairman of the Republican Conference over Peter Frelinghuysen, Les Arends' election as Minority Whip …
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The Administrative Office Files document management and budgetary issues involved in the operation of the President Ford Committee. To a lesser degree, the extant files reflect the deputy chairman of administration's auxiliary responsibility to coordinate the Committee's support operations. In terms of reporting relationships, the deputy chairman had oversight responsibility for the PFC…
Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Administrative Office: Alphabetical Correspondence File, 1975-1976. Administrative Office: Convention File, 1975-76. Administrative Office: Correspondence Card File, 1975-76. Administrative Office: Correspondence Chronological File, 1975-76. Administrative Office: Correspondence State File, 1975-76 Administrative Office: Correspondence Topical File, 1975-76. Administrative Office: General Comments Correspondence File, …
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The Chairman's Office Files provide documentation of administrative, fiscal and strategic issues handled by Howard (Bo) Callaway and his immediate staff from the formation of the election committee in June 1975 until Callaway resigned in March 1976. These extant files do not reflect the activities of Roger C.B. Morton, chairman from April to August 1976, and James Baker, chairman during the…
President Ford Committee Records main page Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Chairman's Office: Callaway State File, 1975-76 Chairman's Office: Callaway Subject File, 1975-76. Chairman's Office: DeBolt Subject File, 1975-76. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List Collection Overview Scope and Content Note The Chairman's Office Files provide documentation of administrative, fiscal and strategic issues handled by Howard …
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The President Ford Committee's in-house advertising agency, Campaign '76 Media Communications, Inc., incorporated in December 1975. The agency's records document the creative inception, production, and placement of advertising on behalf of President Ford, from the design of a campaign logo in September 1975 until agency staff filed final reports with the Federal Election Commission in March…
President Ford Committee Records main page Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Campaign '76 Office: General Election - Barry Lafer Bank Reconciliation File, 1976-1977. Campaign '76 Office: General Election - Barry Lafer General Subject File, 1975-1977. Campaign '76 Office: General Election - Barry Lafer Paid Invoice File, 1975-1976. Campaign '76 Office: General Election - Carol Karasick Files, 1976 Campaign '76 Office: General Election - Dawn Sibley Files, …